THE HAGUE, 04/02/06 - The cabinet put forward new ambassadors to the UN, the US, the UK and various other countries on Friday. Their appointments will be definitive after approval by the host countries.

C.M.J. Kr^ner, current ambassador to France, is moving to Washington. As ambassador to the US, he will succeed B.J. van Eenennaam, who will become permanent representative to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva. P.W. Waldeck, Grandmaster of Queen Beatrix, will become the Netherlands' ambassador in London.

Other appointments:

I.L. van Veldhuizen, OSCE in Vienna R.J. van Houtum, Lisbon R.J.P.M. van Dartel, Belgrade R. Swartbol, Bratislava J.E. van den Berg, Nicosia C.M. Trooster, Zagreb J.L.I. van Hoorn, Prague M.L.A.C. van den Assum, Nairobi A.C.A. van der Wiel, Abuja A.P. Remmelzwaal, Accra D.E. Bonis, Damascus J. Weterings, Harare F.G. Bijvoet, Maputo G. Duijfjes, Ouagadougou K. van der Tempel, Almaty R. van de Geer, Kabul B. von Bartheld, Tripoli